Stray Chapter 49: Don’t you see I’m busy today

   July 27th.

   On the seventh day of summer vacation, another week passed before I knew it.

   The sky is blue and clear, the deep blue expanse of blue, the sky is cloudless for thousands of miles, and the midsummer sun shines on the earth, probably because it is still very early, so the sultry heat has not yet appeared, and the breeze is blowing. Come on, there seems to be a cool feeling in the air.

  "Today's Academy City is also a peaceful day..."

  Xia Ran, as always, leaned on the balcony railing on the second floor, holding a simple-looking porcelain cup in his hand. The cup was filled with light tea that was steaming hot. He stared at the morning scenery of Academy City and said with emotion. He looks like a retired veteran cadre.

   This is basically a scene he repeats every day. I don’t know if he has nothing to say. He wants to show that he knows that someone’s eyes have been watching him, or he is using this sentence to mock The city established by the other side.

   After all, this city is full of filth, with too much darkness and bad things.

  “…”

  “…”

   in the windowless building in the seventh school district not far from here.

   has been going through the stagnation loop since yesterday, and Aleister, who has been paying attention to this person's movements at all times, maintains an expressionless expression in his huge test tube. He has reason to suspect that this person is acting myself, otherwise it would be difficult to explain the current situation.

   As if the previous scene was just his hallucination, in fact nothing happened, nothing appeared.

   He originally thought that this person wanted to do something, perhaps to launch some terrible plan that was about to sweep the whole world, and he was ready to deal with it at the first time, but what he didn’t expect was that this person was in his eyes. After the brilliance converges back...

   sat back at the table and started editing his ghost video.

  Aleister had a kind of uncomfortable feeling at the time when he charged a punch, and the result was directly missed.

   What does this person want to do?

   Is he joking?

  Aleister doesn't think that this dangerous existence exists, and really plans to live a peaceful retirement life here in Academy City, so there must be some plan. Now maybe it's just the calm before the storm. Be able to let down your guard.

  It's just that he stayed in a single-family apartment that was temporarily rented all day long, as if he had lived a life of retirement in advance, and he did nothing, which was really confusing

   In fact, Xia Ran didn't do anything. For example, he came here for a week, and the "Absolute Ability Person Evolution Plan" was destroyed by some unexpected factors. Three consecutive experiments had to be postponed again and again until the next time. ...

   It was not because of an accident that the venue prepared in advance suddenly became a spot for Internet celebrities to check in. It was a secluded and quiet place, but now there are people visiting three times a day all day long. No matter how big-hearted executives or mad scientists are, they dare not do it.

   means that the person in charge of the relevant experiment suddenly had some accident, for example, he slipped and fell down the stairs at home, but he has not regained his consciousness so far. The affairs were not transferred in time, forcing the experiment to be postponed and so on.

   However, no matter how they checked, those teams would only find that all this was just a so-called "coincidence".

   does not seem to have any external interference, it is purely a small probability event, but it happened several times in a row within this period of time... At least on the surface, it is indeed the case, no matter how suspicious they are, they will find it. There is not any evidence to prove that it can only be forced to postpone the experimental plan one after another because of repeated accidents.

   In addition to this, there are also the top management of the council who shot Xia Ran before, and some accidents happened one by one during this period of time...

  Let's not mention the parties, Aleister can be sure that it is definitely the hand of this person, but the chairman who oversees the council does not care about this, and the top of the council does not care about him. Any irreplaceable value, if it dies, it will die, and if it dies, it will be replaced by another.

   So according to Aleister's standards, Xia Ran did nothing, just stayed in the apartment and lived a retirement life ahead of schedule.

  "Aleister, be patient..."

   seems to have found that the man's mood is not very calm, so there is a female voice mixed with noise, in this closed space without a second person.

  “…”

  “…”

   "You're right, Aiwass, I was a little too hasty..." The human in the huge test tube closed his eyes slightly, and he also knew that he couldn't be led out of rhythm.

   But this is also a helpless thing.

   He vowed to shatter all aspects, end all mysteries, and return to a world where no one lives for granted. But because of the curse, he lost any possibility of success.

   Therefore, in order to realize his ambition, Aleister constructed a set of grand plans with a time limit of 1700 years, and made everything possible in the form of a flow chart under the condition that he bears the "curse of failure no matter what". The setbacks that occur lead to the desired results.

   Let success and failure have the same result, as long as the trend is directed to flow in the same direction no matter what happens, then all is the same.

   So he can look at all accidents calmly and rationally, and even every time an accident occurs, he will correct the plan again, correct the error, and instead simplify the huge "program"...

   But after getting used to this, when one day, a person who is completely out of his control and unfamiliar, can't even do simple speculative behavior logic, a thorough "variable" messes into his plan When he was in middle school, for the first time, he also had a sense of helplessness and irritability that the future seemed to be out of control.

   Staring at the indifferent expression of the boy displayed on the screen, Aleister silently looked away, feeling quite a headache.

   But let’s just leave it like this for now. It may be a good thing that the other party has no action for the time being. As long as he continues to stay here and stops in Academy City, more information will gradually be revealed sooner or later, as long as he can grasp it. With more and more comprehensive information, the variables will begin to show a controllable trend.

   When the time comes, Aleister should not be so troubled.

  "Huh?"

   At this moment, the signal light flashed on the same screen in the center.

   This is the contact from St. George's Cathedral in London, England. Basically, there is only the actual leader of the English Puritan Church, that is, the dedicated line of the greatest bishop, Lola, but under normal circumstances, it should be impossible for her to take the initiative. Contact is right.

  Aleister was silent for a while, but chose to answer this unusual call. He vaguely smelled something not very good.

   Something must have happened.

   Is it because of the banned book catalog? Or...

  …

  …

   at the same time.

   on the other side.

  "Hey! I'm talking to you, look here, look here..."

   noticed that Aleister's line of sight disappeared, and the magician also looked in the direction of the windowless building in the seventh school district with great interest. There are too many, and just as the Hanged Man always blatantly monitors him, what happens in the building has no reservations about him.

   The difference is only whether he wants to see it or not, and whether he wants to know it or not, anyway, it is definitely clear at a glance.

   Just when Xia Ran was very interested in looking at the leaders of the science side, and the Supreme Bishop of the Anglican Church on the magic side, when they urgently consulted through online video, there was a little familiarity, but more Still unfamiliar calls came from the street downstairs.

   withdrew his gaze, the magician looked at the empty road downstairs, and found that it was Shiri Mugino and Flanda who had come to "visit" before.

   They are no longer wearing the uniforms of the previous courier today. After all, they were all disguised before, and now there is no need for that.

   So Mai Ye Shiri put on a purple dress that smelled like an eldest lady. The clothing taste was very good. It matched her imposing chest, tall and slender figure and soft and flowing brown long hair. Every move looked graceful and graceful. , very attractive.

   And Flanda played to her advantage, wearing a beret, wearing a miniskirt, wrapping her proud legs in stockings, matching her fluffy blonde long curly hair, slender and petite figure , it will probably make many people's hearts sway and decide to embark on the road of illegality and crime.

   is also her efforts to squeeze out a cute and foul smiling face, raising her little hand and waving it again and again, shouting so much downstairs.

   And Mai Ye Shiri still pulled a face, probably still not the hurdle before the past, and his face looked very stinky.

  "Oh, it's you...the courier is at the door."

  Xia Ran took a sip of tea and said lightly.

  “…”

  “…”

   "I, we're not here to deliver the courier today..." Flanda's expression froze a little, but she still tried her best to squeeze out a smile, using her cute voice to act cute and coquettish, "We have something else today. things..."

   "I'm not free today, didn't you see that I'm busy now?" Xia Ran drank another sip of tea and said so coldly.

   very, very busy... busy does that mean you are like this? If it weren't for the summer vacation in July, I would have thought you were sunbathing on the beach...

  Flanda didn't know what to say, she looked at the young man above, leaning on the balcony railing as if she didn't want to waste half of her strength, holding the cup lazily in her hands, her eyes also radiating A feeling of languid tiredness.

   Frankly speaking, this scene is actually very eye-catching, and the female high school students have to admit that around the other party, even the sun seems to have calmed down unconsciously, and the air seems to have been pressed the mute button. Her heartstrings were shaking.

  No no no no!

  Frenda! You have to hold on! Don't fall for the opponent's trick!

   The petite girl who shook her head again and again managed to calm herself down. She secretly glanced at Mai Ye Shiri who was even more gloomy beside her, and sighed in her heart, but she could only continue to maintain a strong smile on her face and continue to worry responsibility for communication.

  Really, I am obviously not in such a team position!

   slandered such a sentence in her heart, Flanda tried her best to make her smile look cute and innocent, and her tone seemed innocent, as if she didn't doubt that the other party was busy now:

  "This, that's it, I'm really sorry to bother you... Let's see if we can do it again at noon or evening today, we want to invite you to dinner to discuss some things..."

  "I'm allergic to rice."

   The magician is perfunctory, probably knowing that this Anbu organization has changed its course of action and strategy against him, so he is very interested in continuing to make things difficult to see what else these girls can do method.

  Frenda's strong smile was full of cracks, but she still worked very, very hard to maintain the broken mask, squeezed out an already ugly smile, and stammered and continued: "Ah, yes, I don't have time today. It's okay, it's okay, how about tomorrow?"

   "I'm going to have a fever tomorrow." The magician continued to deny without thinking.

  Flanda is still unyielding, pretending not to hear the undisguised rejection in the other party's words, the smile is even uglier than the cry, and there is some kind of overwhelmed weakness and request in her voice :

  "This, is this? Then, when are you free recently?"

   "Yesterday." Xia Ran was very confident about this question and did not perfunctory, but answered the other party very sincerely right away.

   "Enough, enough! You bastard... If you don't want to go, you don't want to go, why are you looking for so many reasons!" His head was getting lower and lower, as if it was Mai Ye Shenri, who didn't want others to see his expression, and finally suddenly Raising her head, she clenched her fists tightly, her eyes seemed to be burning with blazing flames.

   That's right, just say it if you don't want to agree!

   Looking for so many reasons, or is it an excuse that sounds particularly stupid and seems to be deliberately irritating, is this deliberately provoking her?

   "Well, mainly because I think finding a valid reason to reject you will make you feel better. After all, girls are always sensitive and sensitive... It's a lot to take the initiative to invite others but not get a response. Embarrassing."

  Xia Ran coughed lightly, he looked down at the two girls downstairs, and explained it very seriously, his eyes were sincere and frank

  "I'm not targeting you either, the main thing is that today I made up my mind that I don't want to go out. It's useless for anyone to come. I didn't mean to discourage you, you still..."

   Before he could finish speaking, two girls came running in the distance.

   has long straight black hair, and wears a five-petalled white plum-shaped flower ornament. His energetic face is full of a bright and sunny smile, and Saten tears pulls the hand of the brown-haired girl who seems to be reluctant. , and saw the figure on the balcony of the single-family apartment at the end of the road ahead.

  "Senior! Senior!"

   She jumped and waved from a distance, like a lively deer.

  "Well, what's wrong?"

   "We have something we want to ask you about. It's about the fantasy master... Senior, would you like to go out and sit with us?" The energetic girl directly shouted out the purpose of the two of them today, very direct And sincere.

   Mainly because Shirai Kuroko and others have no clue in tracing the fantasy master, so of course they remembered someone they suspected before, so Misaka Mikoto, who was very concerned about it, made up her mind to come back here to find clues .

   And Saten Leiko also probably understands someone's character, and knows that instead of letting the awkward Misaka-senpai say something for a long time, it is easy to cause conflicts and conflicts. It is better to say it directly and generously. .

   is OK, not OK, she thinks this is the best way to deal with it.

   By the way, Fantasy Master... Is this matter still unresolved? According to the original plot, it should have erupted three days ago. Maybe this is also one of the butterfly effects that he brought?

   "Okay, wait, I'll come down..." Xia Ran thought for a while, then nodded and responded directly. He had an idea, but he had an idea to imagine the final product spawned by the hand, "Fantasy Beast" and Yalei The core of Star Crowley's artificial heaven project, "Wind and Binghua", is extremely similar in nature.

   He thought he might be able to do something, and it was always right to have an extra hand.

  Ga bang

   Huh? The magician looked around suspiciously. Did he hear it wrong just now? There seemed to be a sound of something snapping.